PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

Official insights from Public Health – Seattle & King County staff

Data dive: What our latest numbers show about firearm homicide in King County

April 26, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Review our injury prevention team’s latest data release on firearm deaths in Seattle and King County, and you’ll find our most recent analysis of firearm deaths (both homicides and suicides).

LOK-IT-UP to protect King County’s children

October 31, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Every five days on average, a child or teen is killed or hospitalized by gunfire in Washington state. Nationally, 8,400 children are killed or hospitalized every year from firearms. Safe storage of firearms can prevent many of these tragedies and save lives, but people need to be educated on solutions. U.S. Senator Patty Murray asked […]